Interesting thread to me this Clive; sincerely, as when I first looked at this thread I thought; OK, I hear what you say, and you are undoubtedly a photographer who's opinions I regard in the highest; but am I missing something because, to be honest, I wasn't impressed by the pictures posted or thro the 1st few images from the Diane Arbus website.
I'm not criticising here or trying to be a smart h'arse' as she undoudtedly had something other than great contacts that the photographic world were inspired by. I'd sincerely, and without sarcasm like to be educated as to what it was.
To plug a member of WPF; in my view anyway, 'Jim' AKA 'J A Mortram's' images are in a different league, (higher), and quite significantly, of what could be described as the 'common people', by that I mean no disrespect to his subjects at all, just that they are of ordinary people like ourselves.
Sincerely,
Al.
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